Tumbleweed
Well-Known Member
One advantage to long range capability I have seen right off the bat is the terrain. Out on the west coast we have a lot of thick brush and "reprod." If you're the average guy, you can spot the elk or deer at 800 to 1000yds and wonder how you're going to make a successful hunt on the animal based on the terrain he is in. The animal you spot will often be in a small patch of feed surrounded by reprod. I have seen many guys try and go in on bulls and hope to get a shot and watch as they blow the bull out of there. Or even try to parallel the ridge that the bull is on in order to shoot a short shot accross only to let the bull wind them and watch him run off. They do it over and over hoping that the next time it might work for them. This is where the competent long range shooter can set up to 1000 yards or more and wait for the shot to be right and it's all over. Also, if you're the average guy, it may take you a couple of hours to get close to that animal and in the mean time he may have went back in the timber or someone else may be already cutting him up when you get "close enough."